The Singapore Free Press, 14 July 1955

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    Masthead
    19 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale m Malaya *****. Singapore. Thurs., July 1 1. 1f«:,5. Price 15 Cts
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    Big drop in land values in two years
    210 1 Big drop in land values in two years SINGAPORE land valuers think that the Government has done well m at roming out with the long-awaited [.and Freeze Bill. As the Bill intends to >ze values existing on April 22 this ar, they think that the Government ill be able to
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    Lock icon MacG's RETURN
    44 1 Donald MacGillivray, ligh Commissioner m Malaya ho has been giving the British Government a complete picture the .situation m the Federaon on the eve of the elecis, expects to fly back to i Lumpur next week. He originally intended to today.— Reuter
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    Lock icon Bali-bound
    34 1 Eleanor Roosevelt, idow of President Roosevelt, planning her first trip to Bali. She will be a delegate the conference of the World ration of United Nations ■•■■lations m Bangkok from Pt. 5-11.— U.P.
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    Two men stabbed
    24 1 Two men, Anthony Aron and S. Manickam, were found tabbed m a room m Leith Singapore, last ni^ht. are m hospital.
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    BULGANIN CRITICISES SOVIET BOSSES
    75 1 QJOVIET ministers were criticised by the Premier, Marshaj Bulganin for failure to press forward with the mo.st advanced industrial techniques—automation, electrification and the use of atonur energy— in a report to tut Communist Party central committee, it was disclosed m Moscow last night Marshal Bulßanin announced
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    NEW SYNTHETIC TYRE MAKES U.S. INDEPENDENT OF RUBBER
    307 1 THE Goodrich Company disclosed m Akron, Ohio, yesterday that it has put into service large truck tyres made with new synthetic rubber that could make the United States virtually independent of tree-grown rubber from abroad. The president of the company, Mr. William
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    JAPAN-S'PORE AIR LINK PLAN
    241 1 JAPAN -S'PORE AIR LINK PLAN Talks m London fHK Japanese Airlines are reported to be conducting negotiations m Britain to open a new European service and include Singapore on a proposed by-weekly flight to Australia. The Director-General of Civil Aviation, Mr. G. J. Warcup, told the Free Press that he
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    Lock icon Helicopter crashes on rooftop
    138 1 Helicopter crashes on rooftop A HELICOPTER crashed on fl the roo! ol the Port Authoritj building m the centre of New York yesterday injuring h t least Iwo people Tfie machine dangled from the edge ol the 16th Boor and bum Into names, but the lire was toon brought under
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    Lock icon PALACE VISIT
    32 1 Ow Kheng Law of the Malayan Film Unit will go to Buckingham Palace next Tuesday to receive from the Queen the M.Ii.E. he was awarded m her birthday honours. Reuter
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    RUBBER UP 2¾ CENTS
    54 1 TIIK price of rubber rose by V/ A cents to |UW a lb. for July first grade, f.o.b buyers, on a steady market m Singapore this morning The higher price was attributed to the better overnight New York market, despite the drop of I 1 1
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    'Polio vaccine' minister goes
    37 1 PRESIDENT KISENHOWFH yesterday accepted the resignation ol Mrs Oveta Culp Hobby as Secretary of Health. Mr.s. Hobby has been strongly criticised m many quarters for her handling ol the Balk polio vaccination programme
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    Lock icon 120,000 squatters
    34 1 The colonial Secretary, Mr. Alan Lennox Boyd. told a nue tioner m the House of Commons yesterday a rough estimate oi the number .>f squatters mow m .lion- Kunu was» 120.000. Reuter
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    BIG 4 TO SEEK FAR EAST
    148 2 FUN FAIR FOR WOMEN'S CENTRE Some members of the Y.WCA. committee, who are arranging the International Food and Inn I air U be held at the Victoria Memorial Hall. Singapore on Saturday. I'rom Irft arc: Mrs. S. l,u. Mrs. Rita Alison Mrs V M.
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    MALTA PLAN: BRITAIN TO HELP
    69 2 Britain anaovneed yo.sterdftf that a Joru;-ttTm development plan i.s being; prepared t/> atture the steady advance of Malta. A .statement In London .said that all parties at the recent talks between the Maltete Government and Opposition and the Briti.sh Government were agreed that the .social
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    Lock icon 'No' to Russia
    37 2 A West German Government .'.pokesman yesterday m Bonn turned down a,s "quite unacceptable* 1 Russia's suggestion thai both Kast and West Germany .should bo allowed to join a European security sys- t< m Reuter
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    Lock icon 'Britain is banking on nuclear power'
    183 2 HOPE FOR WORLD ECONOMY T*HE Earl of Selkirk, British Paymaster-General, told the United Nations Economic and Social Council yesterday that Britain hoped development of atomic power would permit her to end construction of coal generating .stations early m the 1970\5. Speaking m a debate
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    EXPOSURE OF VICE BY PRESS IS UPHELD
    164 2 EXPOSURE OF VICE BY PRESS IS UPHELD BRITAIN'S Press Council said yesterday that the exposure ol vice by a newspaper was often a service to the community. The Press Council, ethical watchdog of the industry, considered a complaint placeed before it by a member of the public about two articles
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    Lock icon Embargo on China trade to stay
    38 2 Foroif^n Secretary Harold Macmiilan told Parliament yesterday that the Far Eastern situation did not justify Britain asking the United Nations for any casing of the embargo on trade with Communist China.— U.P.
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    Lock icon COUNTERS IN THEIR CARS
    80 2 \UTOMOBILES equipped: with '■< I •<■ counters are the hit thing m this atomic I Burke Oldsmobile of I N"w Yoi k y< steed ty announced thai counters are beinp; mounted on the Instrument pan< 1 nt it nldsmobile cars. Motorists will be able to keep
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    Lock icon U NU'S TOUR
    22 2 Premier U Nu of Burma i'lew to the Imperial Valley yesterday for a tour of California's once-desert gardenland. Reuter
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    Lock icon Shah for Russia
    15 2 Tho Shah of Persia has accepted an invitation to visit Russia. Reuter
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    Lock icon TALKS Eden and Nehru are hopeful
    311 2 TALKS Eden and Nehru are hopeful 'THE possibility of anangx ing a great power conference on the Far East will be discussed at the "Pig Four confer ence at Geneva next week it was learned m London yesterday. Responsible Indian source the prospects for such a conference have been advanced
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    ONLY HATTA CAN SOLVE JAKARTA CRISIS
    273 2 ONLY HATTA CAN SOLVE JAKARTA CRISIS PRIME MINISTER Ali Sa.stroanii(ljojo'ii harassed Progressive Nationalist government was threatened with mutiny yesterday because of its failure to settle the two-week-old army crisis. Four out of seven Men.ber.s of Parliament belonging to the pro-government Greater Indonesia Party demanied that their party should withdraw Social
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    Lock icon kicked by horse
    99 3 PRINCE ALT KHAN was kickpfi by one of his horses during the Royal Ascot meetiiiif yesterday. He was winded and knocked to the ground for about a initiate. He had zone into the paddock to Me his horse Martine belore the Coronation Stakes when the incident occured.
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    Lock icon Commons refuses to ban price-fixing
    274 3 Commons refuses to ban price-fixing GO VI. MAJORITY OF 61 proi oi Indies ti. I II ail re mak- Oil I with another by the Comi ild ij" compuliti and publii oi restrictive practl I would have tv be jus- (i before a special tribuThe Government's "compro(l m the House
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    Lock icon 19 MISSING IN SHIP COLLISION
    167 3 19 MISSING IN SHIP COLLISION NINETEEN crew members are mis sing, one is dead and 22 .survivors are accounted for m the sinking of the British freighter, Geologist, following a collision off Trinidad with the bauxite carrier. Sun Princess. Port of Spain officials said yesterday. Five of those missing are
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    Lock icon Red truck blast kills four
    34 3 At least four people were killed and several were injured when a Soviet army truck carrying explosives blew up yesterday m the village of U.P. Furth, west of Vienna.
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    Aly Khan
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    Lock icon 60 DIE AS HEAT WAVE GRIPS EUROPE
    171 3 EUROPE'S heat wave went into its sixth day yester- 1 day with the death toll of at. t 60-and little relief m ■a. Temperatures rose into the 80s over most of Europe n usually hot for countries! where air conditioning is a novelty.
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    Lock icon Teddy boys inquiry ordered by police
    82 3 IfcOUCE chiefs have ordered a complete report on tin actl vitiesof London'i gangs of "Teddy boys" many 01 wlium rove the streets looking for trouble. Senior local offlcen have been asked to send m avtaiu-o account! of the situation m all districts of the
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    Lock icon CHARI ARRIVES IN A SARI
    38 3 India with her parents who are running literacy programme there. She was met yesterday l»y her hrotner Gordon, a Ford Foundation scholar m Smiranore. They plan to «o home together.— Free Press picture.
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    The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, July 14, 1955. Opinion ARRANT NONSENSE
    393 4 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, July 14, 1955. Opinion ARRANT NONSENSE rTHE keener the sports--1 man, the more intense the disappointment over losing. World champions have been known to break down and weep alter defeat. This by no means has demeaned them m the eyes of onlookers. Rather, it has
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    THE KIDNAPPING ERA IS OVER
    683 4 THE KIDNAPPING ERA IS OVER RITCHIE McEWEN reports the end of a Red Terror w IN AUSTRIA, the r< of terror/ 1 the long, terrible y< an of kidnapping, ■ecrel arrest and sentence without trial, Ifl over. With the signing of the Austrian State Treaty itnd its .subsequent ratiflctiOll by
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    Who pulls the strings in new Japan ?
    310 4 Who pulls the strings in new Japan T<HE mystery of who 1 pulls the strings of Japanese politics always haunts Western observers, but it becomes clear that two wily old men, who shun headline publicity, are currently figures of commanding, if shadowy, authority behind the bamboo screen. One is 86
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    BY THE WAY
    127 4  -  Beacheomber *H nniiK statement "Underwater J- photography need* train m« and patience," should curb tin 1 Impetuosity of tha c who seize a camera, dive into a rivrr, and start photographing pebbles, mud, and little Ash. Think ol aIJ the hard work necessary before the niic will
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      25 4 HANDSOME Ml I a m (he HISTORY or TIME MEASUREMENT ROLEX 55 G. C.De SILVA BROS., i "Jewellers" 3, RAFFLES PLACE Singjporc-1 Tel: *****. I
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      97 4 AVAIL YOURSELF of 20 years of experience m estate development by CREDIT FONCIER MEYER CHAMBERS, 3rd FLOOR, f ßaffia Pboe) BINJAi PARK A HIGH CLASS RESIDENTIAL ESTATE AT 6$ M.S. DUNEARN ROAD MANY LOTS IN THIS PARKLIKE ESTATE ARE IN ELEVATED SITUATION WATER ELECTRICITY ARE LAID ON AREAS: 11,000 to
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  • NEWS FROM THE DISTRICTS
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      YOUTHS GIVE SELF-HELP EXAMPLE
      117 5 BBKIT TIMAH I 4 FINE example Ci A self-help is being provided by members of newly-started Bukit Timah Youth Club. They arc engaged on cleari 'plot of land which was tly placed at their dis.l by the CommLssioner of s for use as a playThis parcel
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      RAISING FUNDS BY LOTTERY
      121 5 The Princess Elizabeth Estate Community Centre Committee has received permission to launch its first welfare lottery. There will be eight prizes, the first prize being Sl.ooo. Mr Leong Hoi Seng, the chairman of the Centre, said that the lottery is for the purpose of raising funds
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      TROUBLE OVER DURIAN TREE
      293 5 Angry people living m "the P W.D. Quarters area at tho 94-mlle Bukit Timah have voted to cut down a duriann tree and thus avoid iurther disputes over the fruit. But district leaders have counselled against this drastic step, pointing out that by adopting a good
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      GIRLS OVERCAME THEIR SHYNESS
      188 5 1 mm rmm "POR the lint time .since the r Inception oi tho Bukit panjang Youth Club 18 months ago, girlfl of the village who turned up m force at the club social on Monday night overcame their .shyness and sang on the stage for the
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      WATCH TOWER FOR KATONG
      146 5 I m y s4sm A WATCH-TOWER and shed for storage ol equipment have been promised by the City Council, it was announced at the annual meeting of the Katong Life Guard Club, held at the Pre.sbyterian Boys' School. Several Australians with practical experience m beach life-saving
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      TANGLIN
      14 5 A jumble sale held In Tanglin m aid >t W.K.A.C. iundi realised *7u.
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      TEACHER AND SISTER.FOR UK
      171 5 TEACHER AND SISTER. FOR UK TELOK KUMU MISS DORIS LIM and Mr Lim Soon Chenc, jrounf- t daughter and only son Oj Mr. and Mrs. Inn Chuat) (j» ok, have. Just left i<>r the United Kingdom to iurthrr their studies. Mi.si Lira was educated at the Katong Convent, where she
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      LAVISH PARTY
      57 5 I JOHORE BAHRU I TPHE Johore International X Club Ball organised m aid of S.S.A.F.A. wa.s attended by more than 500 people. The entertainment, on a lavish scale, wa.s provided by Plentong Police Band, Gurkha pipers and Fijian singers. The floodlit lawn was the .scene of a novel
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      DO-GOODERS AT LIM CHU KANG
      171 5 DGDSGF Ijioß three wcekj m August, 40 young people from all parts Of Amu will their time to building a camp tor under-privileged boys and girl*. They an 1 members ofl the Youth Department! ol Christian Councils m Hong Kon«. Burma. Pakistan. India, the Philippines
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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      199 6 MANDRAKE by Lee Falk and Phil Davis W W l|Sf|||^^pi| [Psllili TARZAN by Edgar Rice Burroughs I //AggQgs PELL BACtC I 01.7 V.ASJ TACK .VE^l.* h£SA7 vOjt? 79^=N^S -O, V THE SAINT by Leslie Chartens /£ASV FOR MRS VAN) SNOEtI pP OWLY IP /WET YOuT MADAMS, LX)^l HAPPENED TO Voh,
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      759 6 I 4+4 i YOUR j LUCKY! I STAR i j OORN toda>. y„u i M t great fund ot 1( H5 EL. alwa>s PWjttrUai T th.in. KBdlai others 0 belief 4 that you an- on Um verge ot A some gnat and rna-i,,?,,,,,, dlMo\«ry. Indeed, miu aticht aaawj aa H
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  • Round the Worid Market Prices
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      U.K. closing prices
      213 7 LONDON, July Previous Today. pii'lß No 1 RSS cJ.f. European 36^ buyer, 35 7 buy<r t^ July 36 sellers 3'P, seller i i itl R So. 1 RSS cJJ. European 35V4 buyers 14% buyer ueU st 35*4 sellers 35 sellers R No. RSS Spot 37 H buyers
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      New York prices
      99 7 NEW YORK, July 13. Previous Today. Stralti spot and nearby 95.87 nom. 96.50 nom. Tin futures July 94.00 bid 94.50 bid 95.00 asked 96.00 asked \u*. 92.25 bid 92.75 bid 93.50 asked 94 25 ruskM September 91.50 bid 92.00 bid 92.75 asked 93.50 a>ker' ton: Very steady.
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      U.S. PEPPER
      53 7 Spot Malabar WM quoted at litlng release 49. Afloats Jiily 48. Sarawak spot 4o A. iking release 45 Yi. Afloat* 45 to 44. July 42 V Lampong spot 49^-. Awaiting release 49. Afloats 49 "to 48 Vj. July shipment 47 i sellers ex-dock. Above prices quoted m U.S.
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      DOW JONES AVERAGES
      35 7 NEW YORK, July 13. Pn-vimjs TodafSO Industrial. 462.97 457.40 20 Railroads 159 05 157.53 I>.»m<>stir Bonds 9 g 80 JJ Jg IS I tflltiei 65.00 64.98 M Stocks Composite Average 166.86 165.251
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      Copra, coconut oil prices
      119 7 Previous Today. CORA Philippines cJi. UK/North EurapcMi delivered weight per »on X ton July/An*. s^Uo* 185 <l Uf>ted (<>PR\ Philippines f.o.b. Manila m hulk, per lon* ton Unquoted Unquoted COPEA Straits cl.f. UK/North :»an delivered weight per I'm* ton July/Ail* £67»4 buyers £87 W buyer. £67
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    Biggest Himalayan find: Courtesy
    184 7 REE young women who aave ju.st returned to Bri- after risking their lives a first ascent of an unwn 22,000- foot mountain the Himalayas, had 'hing much to say about t." they were ecstatic about ther discovery "the one iace m the world where a man
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    Mr M sees works of art
    64 7 THE CHIEF Minister, Mr. David Marshall, visited the exhibition of photographs at the Singapore Menorah Club. In the picture above he appears deeply interested m some the exhibits. He is with the club president, Miss Judy Shcbabo. On the right: Miss Diani Solomons studying
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    24 TIMES HE SAID: I'M IN MY BATH
    300 7 24 TIMES HE SAID: I'M IN MY BATH TRAFFIC was piling up m V Park Lane, Mayfair, London. Before Constable? Arthur Hughes could clear it cars were stationary from Marble Arch to Piccadilly. The cause, he found, was cars parked outside a block of flats. He and other policemen traced
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    No action over her secrecy
    91 7 T'HE Director of Public Prosecutions has decided to tako no action against thr Marquis of Bath and hLs former wife, now Mrs. Alexander Fielding, wife of the author, over her concealment of her .secret marriage to the MarquLs when .she petitioned for divorce m 1953.
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    GENIUS IN GAOL
    1776 8  -  LESLIE AYRE .Illlllllllll by tiiiiiii THE WORLD'S I STRANGEST STORIES The astonishing tale of one of the greatest of all short story writers, O. Henry DEAI ED at 0 on the k* porch ol a watei front bungalow a( 1 rujillo, u< nduras the fair-haired man In
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    WHY O. HENRY?
    124 8 FO R his multitudinous stories, William Sydney Porter used many pen-nam-es, but that by which he became known throughout the world was "O. Henry." He enjoyed making a mystery of its origin and would sometimes give quite impossible answers to inquirers. There are many theori« -v There
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    Lock icon She wants a peer
    116 9 Popper A silver blonde with a white-diamond mink stole across her shoulders walked into a London Club one niffhl and asked, "Are there any i>eers of the Realm m the house?" Two immaculate men stepped forward. .candidates for the $3,000-a--week job 23-year-old Vicki Benet, American cabaret
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    If each town had a Red...
    64 9 SUPPOSE thp Communists had a building and a rained worker m every small town, what would happen? Leslie Weatherhead ive this answer to the Mhodist con f c renc c at Manchester north-west Engird: m 10 years the country would be Communist. Yet. he
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    Not THAT way
    57 9 A Civil Defence instructor "monstrating !how to put out incendiary bombs had to call out all the flre engines at Vnnanshorn, Switzerland. A )omb had fired the building. HIE BUTIBB battleship iitii ieorpe V (35,000 t«M<. dwarfs workmen and dock j, r < i ar In Glad
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    EFFECT OF MUSIC
    20 9 Vibration caused by orchestras and singers at summer concerts has damaged a number of ancient Roman monuments.
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    Brother-in-law cited: Has to pay £300
    354 9 A£3,000-A-YEAR oil company manager who took away his brother-in-fcxw's wife was ordered to pay £300 damages m Birmingham Divorce Court. The husband, James Arthur O'Neal, of Redditch, Worcs, was given a decree nisi because of misconduct by his wife Joyce, of Upper Borth, Cardiganshire,
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    TEN-HOOK BELT HOAX ON CD MEN
    92 9 ¥>EOPLE all over Britain are Ji receiving letters from a hoaxer who is making a joke of Civil Defence. Page One appears, on the surface, genuine enough. Then, on Page Two, the joker gives a list of 16 items of equipment to be carried.
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    A WIDOW SUES AFTER 'MESSAGES FROM POP'
    205 9 A WIDOW SUES AFTER 'MESSAGES FROM POP' A 78-YEAR-OLD VtdOff rei\ reived messages from Pop." •Pop,' 1 i'd, was the Of her husband. And as a result of the mess- '^e.s, she Iftkl r ifta to the medium who brought the m» The widow, Mr.s. Eliza both May Robinson, of
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    WINDMILL GETS A LEGACY
    120 9 THE old windmill meant a lot to Arthur Billson. There It stood m the fields m which he played as a boy. There it still stands near the Leicestershire village of Woodihouse Eaves, four miles from Lough borough. And the people of Woodhouse Eaves hay»» just
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    WORLD NEW
    180 10 [||||||||||lllll!IIIIIIIIIIIItiUIIIIIII( MARGIT \TNKE, Miss Germany 1955, who is at present i competing m the Miss E Universe contest at E Long Beach, Call- fornia, visited H.M.S. Ocean when it paid I a goodwill visit to j Hamburg. AMERICA'S famous dancing star, Ann Miller EE wont to Berlin to
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    IN PICTURES
    32 11 IJ% •is a displaced person m a 'The Delegate" which has ned at London's Savoy Kva is renowned for her tyle of dressing. Here she ns and a ribhed pullover.
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    HORSES STILL PREFERRED
    125 11 PICTURE ABOVK EEE shows Punch, sturdily =j built Shire horse, haul- ing a newly-cut tree ij= trunk m the Quantock Forest m Somerset, the =E heart of the English West country. Horses i=E are still preferred to 2= machines for shifting timber over short distances. Picture top
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    They Can't Bar Cupid at Changi
    481 12  - They Can' t Bar Cupid at Changi ADELAIDE EASTLEY By I OVB may lailgb at J locksmiths but, somehow, th« at Chan^i airfield .should be bolted ..•in.st Dan Cupid. The R.A.F. i.s losing to matrimony these days far too ny members of the Women's Royal Air Fovct'. •i. i m
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    Every month three
    131 12 Every month three ters' No. 75 Special Despatch Office and she has been m service since August 27, 1939, without flinching m her duty. "Bless her!" chant the R.AP. boys. Downright glamour girLs are m the ranks. Some appeared m the film "A Date With Iris." Others were featured m
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    airgirls quit the service for marriage
    480 12 airgirls quit the service for marriage cuit-coloured tussah with everyday black buttons gilt with R.AP. crown and eagle for dress, worn with scarlet shoulder badge and black beret flaunting an embroidered golden RAF. eagle, black shoes and biscuit anklets. Born at Hove m Sussex, Commander Von Donop made a duty
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    NOW YOU CAN LIFT YOUR OWN FACE
    202 12  -  KAY MURRAY nails. IT was inevitable, I suppose. Now you can lift your own face. The "Do It Yourself craze which Ls sweeping America was always a natural m the cosmetic field. Women have been giving themselves facials, tinting their own hair and
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    New plan to prevent race crashes
    409 13  -  BASIL CARDEW by HOW can the car race circuits of Europe be made safer for the public? Every country that holds a car race is now demandthat never again must a Le Mans disaster be possible m an international race. And Dr. Rudolf Uhlenhaut,
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    NAILS CANNOT HOLE THIS TYRE
    178 13 ANEW tubless tyre that can be pierced by nails without losing any air has been developl"by the Goodyear Tire md Rubber ComDany of Akron. Ohio. The tyre is the result of years' intensive research d development work, the aim of which was to create a
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    $225,000 RACE WINNER
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    These tests improve your car
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    NOTHING TO LOSE'
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    Movement never lies...
    802 15 It is a barometer telling the state of the soul's weather to all who can read it says dancer Martha Graham I\l a dancer. I believe that we learn by prac- Wht ther it means to m to dance by pracng dancing or to learn live by
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    Queens can't afford to cruise
    178 15 CIETY hostess F)sa Maxwell and the hess oi Windsor have having a li^ht skirish about a very rich I arty Miss ,Max.irrangins. It locks 1 ;ns very ri^h Intl. Maxwell says she's 'i against having any v r J< cause Icing i and ns don't
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    GUESS RIGHT AND YOU HIT THE $192,000 JACKPOT
    344 16 GUESS RIGHT AND YOU HIT THE $192,000 JACKPOT COP answering one quiz question a prize that totala $192,000 In Malayan currency. Th the huge Jackpot offered on a new American television m, 'The $64,000 (U.S.) Question." To reach thi nerve-racking point, the contestant must answer a series of (jui* question
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    This crazy party was just like a schoolboys' bunfight
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    Bridge Hand
    384 16 runout to four hearts, DOt four spades, was a good break for hi s side. He reasoned tn;it South must have a long beaii suit from the f*Ct that he bid thrM lu'iu.i over two spades, rather than two no-trump. North wavered Ml when We I doubled the
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    King's Men Salute the Queen
    50 16 lin Queen during her recent official visit to Norway, inspected a company of the Ring's Guard <»n arrival »t Oslo. Behind her is the Duke of Edinburgh. On either side of the Queen are Kinu Haakon and (apt. Skutle of the King's Guard.— Popper picture.
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      225 16 DAILY CROSSWORD CLUES ACROSS 5 Is meant differently (7) 1 Toil changes into a narrow 6 A part of Miss Nlf?htn:u"l escape 1, 5, 5). campaign (3). 8 Local minus 45! (5). 7 How a model asks a Question' 9 Walks to find marbles? (T>. (5) A mtJa^ ,7) 10
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    Stars cling to 'charms'
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    ANNE'S A 'LADY' WITHOUT AIRS
    240 17 ANNE FRANCIS counts herself lucky that she knew right from the start what she wanted to be— an actress. Beginning as a child actress, she continued through her teens m i radio and television until now she is one of Hollywood's brightest young stars. Seme
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    Brando wants to do a WESTERN
    130 17 IpROM Marc Antony m "Julius Caesar" to roughneck dock -walloper m "Waterfront" is a long dramatic leap for any actor but Marlon Braiido takes everything m stride even asks for more. Who knows but what he may soon establish himself as the most versatile
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    HELP-NOT A HINDRANCE
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    Rights acquired for filming
    41 17 S"CREEN righti to the lif* 1 ■torlea and some of the composition* "f the ongwrltlnj>: team f>f DeSyhra, Brown and Render on hive been purchased by a Hollywood Him company a.s the basis f «n a musical.
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    GEOFF EDRICH WAS A PRISONER ON SIAM 'RAILWAY OF DEATH'
    250 18 /i| Ol I KIY BDRICH, LANCASHIRE'S RELIABLE NO. 3 BATS MAN AND FINE CLOSB-TO-THE-WICKET FIELDER, WHOSE BENEFIT TEAR THIS 18, WAS APTIKFI) BY THE JAPANESE AT SINGAPORE IN 1942 AND SPENT THREE-AND-A-HALF TEARS IN CAPTIVITY. He had B lon^ and
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    'Stewards' Cup acceptors
    88 18 PORTY THRU final aecepton f<»r the Btewftrdi Cup six-lurlouu bprlni •<> I*- inn tt <i<><xlwo<xi on >v July J»; weje announced Well been i.iis<-<] too poun< „.1 i-])t«M with re- |<o\al Palm 'i 00 Mo» i. I Expn tind ii Incely Olfl both I 13 Orthopaedfc Klnf
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    Lindwall and Miller showed me the way
    347 18  - Li nd wall and Miller showed me the way BRIAN STATHAM r BRIAN STATHAM'S SECRET OF SUCCESS By BSSTWBM AS!,' SSJTSS PLENTY OF PAINSTAKING Tiioi <-" since my school days. I have I have never a•• -cl M 1 > But have lea rned SWS'^*rSBSS. t SS«S »<> B look
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    NAUGHTY WORDS..
    268 18 Gordon Pirie, missing record, uses them to peacemaker HARD luck for Gordon Pirie he missed a world re- cord at Croydon last week. Hard words SWEAR WORDS for his pacemaker, Brian Jackson. Jackson throw Pirie out of his stride at the vital point of j the champion's attack
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    ADVICE TO 'GOLF WIDOWS'
    337 18 ADVICE TO GOLF WIDOW /x DON'T aiT AT HOME AND THINK UP CU'ITINU REMARKS TO MAKE TO YOUR TAR- JIAIM'Y HUSIiANU INfcJTFAI). GET A SET OF CLUBS AND DO OUT ON THE LINKS YOURBCLF. Tlus Ls Hrn ad ice of Betty Jameson, our ol Amerlea'i rankini
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    Who is the world's best batsman?
    254 18 Who is the world's best batsman? STAIHAM HAS TO IK Il> AUSTRALIA, INDIA, TIIK WEST INDIES HI HAS PLAYED AGAINST Oil WORLD'S BESI BATSMEN AM) HE IS OFTEN ISKED WHO IS THE BEST. In THAT, UK SAYS, HE HAS NO ANSWER. BUT.— LEN BUTTON, m form, ithe most difticult HtWia
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    British XV in unimpressive victory
    143 18 British XV in unimpressive victory ALTHOUGH winning comforA tably by 22 points (two goals, three tries one penalty goal, to three f penalty goal' against South Western Districts here at Oudtschoom the British Isles Rugby Union touring team were disappoint ing. Pediow the young Irish centre, began the match at
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    H.K. CHINESE PLAY JOHORE TODAY
    24 18 KLUANG. Thurs -A Johort-.-tation eleven will meet Hong X Chine* at soccer on the pucUmj liere UKluy at yJ»-
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    RACE REVIEW JOCKEYS BELL, WAHAB SCORE DOUBLES AT K.L.;WESTOTH EASY WINNER
    503 19 RACE REVIEW JOCKEYS BELL, WAHAB SCORE DOUBLES AT K.L.; WESTOTH EASY WINNER PRESS RACING CORRESPONDENT KING II (LATE LITTLE FENTON), A XNDSOME THREE-YEAR-OLD BY THE MADE THE GRADE IN HIS THIRD ,KAV I WHEN HE SNATCHED A SHORT ,YIN FROM MYSTIC CODE IN RACE bF. RACE FOR CLASS 4, DIVISION
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    GROSE'S HAMMER RECORD IS BETTERED
    139 19 cnam- MALAYAN hammer chamPion. v. Col. C. J. Reidy. >red the Malayan and Singapore ■d when he reached 160 ft. 7in nrst final of the Singapore A championships at Nee Soon Second was the Singapore record holder. Peter Grose, with a distance of 147 ft.
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    Italian wonder horse Botticelli takes Ascot Cold Cup
    618 19 Italian wonder horse Botticelli takes Ascot Cold Cup THE ITALIAN WONDER HORSE. BOTTirKMJ STARTING AT 9TO 4 EASILY WON THE £10.000 \l>ii|H GOLD Cl'P AT ASCOT YESTERDAY AFTERNOON FROM THI 33 TO 1 OUTSIDER. THE AMERICAN-BRED BLUE PRINCE. WITH LAST YEAR'S WINNER. ELPENOR FROM FRANCE— A 2 TO 1 FAVOCRITE—
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    SBH LEAGUE & CUP RESULTS, TABLES
    373 19 SBH LEAGUE CUP RESULTS, TABLES YESTERDAY'S results and lafr.-.t positions In the Sing.) pore Bu.sinos.s Houses F. A. League and Cup ompetition are: CiROl F A F. N. 0 Tel. Board 2 P W D h F A Pt.s Tel. Board 5 5 0 0 19 0 10 Hongkong Bank
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    MADLES IN ROUSING WORKOUT
    266 20 Fin^l gallops for X.L on Saturday FEES MUBSS RACING CORRESPONDENT MiDLES WITH VVAIf \C 11', SHOWED A SI KI'IUS ING TURN OF SPEED TO CLOCK :»7 1 FOR :i l\ SPLENDID GALLOP ON THE TRAINING TRACK AT KUALA LUMPUR THIS MORNING. GLITTERING (Wahab) and KINGSBEAU (Knuc
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    Weights for K.L. on Saturday
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    THUNDERING HOOVES AT MALMOE
    51 20 (iroup Captain Peter Townsend, British Air Attache m Brussels who won the Sweli h Amateur (irand Prix at Malmoe, is seen leading the field on his biy. "Koek." Hr bc;it Denmark's E. Tidemann-Johennsen by two lengths On ri^ht is Prince Aly Khan, who finished fourth. Popper
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